sound bow

1. 1.

   contact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes

   Broadercontact

   Part ofbell

Questions about sound bow

What does sound bow mean?

sound bow means "contact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes".

Is sound bow a common word?

sound bow is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.